Glass machinery



March 14, 1933. sf s I 1,901,491

' GLASS MACHINERY Filed July 25, 1929 2 sheets-sheet 1 i i r i '17 March 14, 1933.

T. S. BEESON GLASS MACHINERY Filed July 25, 192 9 2 'SheetSQ-Sheet 2 gwomtgc Patented Mar. 14,1933

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vibration and from which the runners may he readily removed.

Other oblects and advanta es of the inven tion will be apparent from t e following-de- .15 scription, the accompanying drawings and the ap ended claims.

In t e drawings, in which like characters of reference designate like parts throughout the several views, 7

Fig. lis a plan view of a plate glass grinding machine embodying the present mvention; v,

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of Fi 1 and Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modi ed form mding machine. e invention is herein. shown as applied to glass working machinery such as is use for finishing the surface of plate glass or the like, made by the continuous process. this process the glass sheets are generally continuously formed and continuously fed through a grindin and olishing machine which smooths an polis es the surface of the glass sheet. During the finishing opera- 85 tion the lass sheets are carried on a processionof Ebutting tables which advance at a stead rate under the battery of grinding and olis ing units which are arranged one folowing another. Each 'nding unit is roas of 7 vided with a rotatable isk or runner w ose underside is fitted with a plurality of grinding shoes which contact with the surface of the glass to smooth and level it in preparation for polishing. The polishing units, which follow the grinding machines, are similarly rovided with runners having polishing suraces and are similar in general characteristics to the grindin units. After continued use the runners of t egrinding and polishing machines must be removed from the machines each machine to provide a three point susd umt. The hub In ings,

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so that the grinding shoes and polisher blocks i .may be replaced or repaired. The present invention as to do with large continuous glass installations of this character having power handling equipment for the runners which will permit easy removal and replacement of the runners, without disturbing the supporting structure.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates the hub portion of the stationary frame of a glass grinding machine; of which a series are positioned in line adjacent one another. Supporting arms 12, 13 and 14 extend outwardly from the hub portion of pension for each frame. The supporting arms rest. on pedestals which extend upwardly from the foundation 15. The supporting arms 12 and the supporting arms 13 of ad'acent machines rest on edestals 16 at one s1de of the machine, whi e the su porting arms 14 rest on edestals 17 on t e 0 posite side of the mac ine from the pedesta s 16. Each pedestal 17 serves'also as a sup- 1 porting base for a driving motor 18 which is provided for each grinding or polishing portion 10 of each stationary y means of suitable beara perpendicularly extending shaft 20 for rotational movement therein. Removabl attached to the lower. end of the shaft 20 ymeans of a coupling 21 is a horizonositioned runner 22. 4 The shaft '28 of each rivingunotor 18 is cou led to a. shaft 29 which extends from the ub portion 10 of the stationary frame and is attached to suitable gearing within the hub portion frame carries,

which serves ;to drive the shaft 20 ofthe grinding shoes as they are rotated over the surface of the glass bein finished.

The glass being worke upon is carried beneath the working surface of, the runners 22 and the runners are adjusted so that the grinding shoes will contact with the surface of the glass to remove the high spots and rough portions of the glass as it progresses through the grinding units in reparation for subsequent polishing. The g ass sheet 24 is supported in its. travel u on the flat top surface of a series of cars ta les, one of which is shown at 23. In endless procession these cars abut one another end to end and have their top surfaces accurately aligned to provide a continuous moving level table in which there is no break or unevenness. The cars 23 are supported by wheels 25 upon rails 26 which are anchored to the foundation 15. The driving means for the car train comprises a pusher mechanism of conventional design which-is not shown.

The upper surface of each runner 20 is provided with carrying means shown as a pair of eyes or loops 31 which are rigidly fixed to the runner and are ositioned along a diameter of the runner. gf course if the runner were not symmetrically balanced these eyelets would be positioned along its axis of gravity, which would in that event not correspond to a diameter. These loops 31 when attached to lifting means, such as hooks 32 which may be attached to a crane beam (not shown) serve to support the runner when it is detached from its shaft so that it may be readily and easily removed from or replaced in operative position.

The supporting arms 12 and 14 are so positioned that the runner may be detached and removed from its position on its shaft without having the crane lifting members or runner encounter interference from the stationary frame of the machine. The pedestals 16 are proportioned, as at 33, to provide clearhub portion 10' ance so that the runner 22 may be moved out between them. I

The grinding machine of Fig. 3 comprises a hub portion lO'within which is housed the driving and adjusting mechanism for the runner 22. Extending outwardly from the are the supporting arms-12', 13 and 14'. The supporting arms 12' and the suporting arms 13 of the adjacnt machines are supported on transverse members 35 which are positioned at right angles to the direction of travel of the glass supporting cars 23 and comprise a substantially horizontal portion 36 upon which the arms 12' and 13 rest, and upstandin portions 37 which are attached to the foun ation in some suitable manner. The span of the-upright portions 37 is sufiicient to permit the passage.

of the glass carrying cars 23' and the spacing between the uprights 37 of 5 verse members 35 is suflicient to permit the adjacent trans so shaped that the loops 31, which are posi- A tioned on the axis of 22, are accessible'to li ing means to provide for the removal of the runner without encountering any porting frame of the grinding machine.

The runners of the polishing-machines are provided with similar eyes or loops to aid in their removal or replacement.

While the methods herein described, and the forms of a paratus for carrying these methods into efi ect, constitute preferred embodiments of the invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to these precise methods and forms of apparatus, and that changes may be made in either without departing from the scope of the invention which is defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a glass grinding machine having a glass supporting table, a runner rotatably supported thereabove, and supporting means for said runner comprising a unitary threepoint supporting member comprising a hub, and three arms extending laterally therefrom, a plurality of' pedestals upon which the ends of said arms res ctively rest, said laterally extending arms iizein arranged as to their ends to give a stab e three point support for said runner and so shaped throughout their extent that a portion of V a supporting pedestahone of said arms terminating at one side of the line of travel of the glass and projecting substantially transverse'of the line of travel, and a pair of. said arms pro'ecting in substantially opposite directions provide a stable three point suspension. 3. In a glass'workin'g machine, a carrier track adapted to support a continuously fed glass sheet for pamage through the machine, a rotatable runner, a runner shaft, a hub rotatably supportin said shaft and arms extending from sai hub to both sides of the avity of the runner interference from the supsupported by a om said hub and curving so as to extend across the median line of travel to 1 carrier track, the arms extending to one side gravity of the runner to lPermit lateral reof the carrier track bein formed to provide moval of said runner wh' e supported by a spaces vertically above iametrically'spaced vertically positioned laterally movablerepoints on the runner for suspension of the moving means.

5 runner in a substantially horizontal posi- In t ony whereof I hereto ailixmy tion from said opposed points, to permit its signature. removal without interference from the arms. THEODORE S. BEESON.

4. In a glass working machine, adapted to operate on a continuously fed glass sheet traveling through the machine, a-rotatable I "l5 runner, a runner shaft, a hub rotatably supporting said shaft, and arms extending from Y said hub to'both sides of the line of travel of,

the glass sheet, the arms extending to one. 15 side of said line forming an open yoke shaped to provide r extending f-rom said one a side to points vertically above spaced sus-v pension points on the runner for substantially horizontal two point suspension of the runner from above and for removal of the 95 runner without interference from the arms. 5. Ina glass working machine adapt 08d to operate on a glass sheet traveling t ugh" the machine, arotatab1e-runner,ja.r\mner shaft, ahub rotatablyisupport' said h ft, m

and arms extendin from said ub-toboth7 sides of themedian e of travel of the lass j shee the arms extending to one side o the said e being fora portion of their extent "9 on the same side-of a vertical plane passing v throu h the runner axis of gravity, as the arm t at terminates on the opposite side; to provide spaces afiording access to diametrically o posed points on,the runner for substantia y horizontal suspension of the runnor from above and for. removal of the run- 1 ner without interference from the arms. 6. A glass grinding machine having a. glass supporting table, a runner sufported thereabove, and supporting means or said runner comprising ahub, a runner shaft sup- I ported thereby, a plurality of "supporting arms extending laterally from said hub, means for the supporting of said arms, each arm being so shaped between the hub; and f D I support and with respect to an axis of vity of he rlmner as to permit verti at-' tachment of laterally movable remo means to the said runner along said axis 0 gravity, and means spaced along said axis of gravity for receiving said means-to sus nd said runner in substanti 1y horizon positioning for removal. '6 7. Ina glass grinding machine havin a glass sup rtin table, a runner rotata 1y suppo therea ve, and supportingmeans for said runner comprising a hub, a plu rali of supporting armsextending laterally therefrom means for sup each mhub,

ofsaid arms at a point remote the laterally extending arms which extend to a given side of the median line of the glass sheet being 'eaoh arranged and so shaped throughout its extent that a portion of each said arm lies on a given side of an axis of l 

